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[StereoVsn]

Uh....but they are not. If a game is refunded then it is says so in the review. Like this, from a concord review....

I'm not seeing any refunded games with Dustborn and there are only 35 negative reviews total so easy to scan all of them. Dumbass is just contriving bullshit drama out of thin air. But any excuse to call people who disagree with your politics "bigots" I guess.

No, “the bigots” are even more diabolical. They buy the game , negatively review it, but DO NOT refund it so they can’t be caught in their lies!

 

[winjer]

Well, $1.5+ came from gov subsidy. So it really depends how many people they employees and what were the other sources of the investment.

The game is clearly a dud of course. Since the audience they are targeting doesn’t actually buy video games.

From what I can gather, this studio has 36 workers and this game was developed in about 4 years.
I'm not sure how much a dev costs in Oslo, but 1.5M+150.000 in subsidies, are probably not enough to cover the development cost.

 

[Topher]

No, “the bigots” are even more diabolical. They buy the game , negatively review it, but DO NOT refund it so they can’t be caught in their lies!

 

[nkarafo]

This kind of virtue corporate speak is the worst.

 

[Drake]

This is like their last ditch attempt at any kind of publicity. Accuse people of hate speech and maybe they'll get a few more people to play their trash game.

 

[Mr Moose]

For as long as I live I will never understand this he/him shite and will never ever acknowledge the existence of the even more stupid they/them bollocks, pronoun's like really?!

I'll only accept Michael Jacksons.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is like their last ditch attempt at any kind of publicity. Accuse people of hate speech and maybe they'll get a few more people to play their trash game.

Talking back to customers (gamers) in a disrespective way is a very tech/gaming/media kind of thing. The industry is full of egotistical people who think they because they can make a movie or use Unreal engine to make a game they are gods.

In other industries when a company makes a shit product or fucks up somehow and customers are pissed, how many times have you seen company PR or a random angry employee from a bank, food company, big box store, car company, sports team, etc.... ever smack talk back or blame the customer?

The only time you get it from these places is maybe a similar egotistical pro athlete goes off on his own on Twitter and causes a stir. But you wont get that from a head office employee.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

The game is a failure... Im glad to hear it.

 

[Trelane]

The wording of the statement makes it clear you are either engaged in hate speech or you are proudly supporting them. How about people like me who never cared in the first place? Stop disrespecting my right to exist!

 

[JayK47]

There are more Dustborn threads on GAF than there are people who bought the game. This game really doesn't deserve our attention.

 

[RCX]

Hate speech = speech I don't like

Perfectly nebulous.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Yeah no.

These wokies throw arounds words like Hate way too liberally. In their vacuum its probably people with legit criticism about this game. The rest doesn't even care about it to begin with.

 

[Humdinger]

Watching Dustborn and Concord fail spectacularly has been a real pleasure. Maybe there is hope for humanity after all.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Let me guess. They are calling hate speech some speech they don't like and want to censor?

 

[TintoConCasera]

Yeah and people have zero tolerance for shitty games. They should have taken that into consideration too.

 

[CuckooBananaNuts]

Yeah no.

These wokies throw arounds words like Hate way too liberally. In their vacuum its probably people with legit criticism about this game. The rest doesn't even care about it to begin with.

It's ridiculous they're mad at people who were never going to buy the game. They should be mad at the target demographic who didn't bother buying it.

 

[Moriarty1889]

Yeah no.

These wokies throw arounds words like Hate way too liberally. In their vacuum its probably people with legit criticism about this game. The rest doesn't even care about it to begin with.

It’s because these wokies are mostly hateful angry people. Any little inkling of not liking them or what they represent becomes an instant target to them. Hate speech and bigots are some of their favorite words among others.

 

[semiconscious]

It's ridiculous they're mad at people who were never going to buy the game. They should be mad at the target demographic who didn't bother buying it.

the thing is, their 'target demographic' - 'woke video game players' - either doesn't, in actuality, even exist, or exists in numbers so miniscule that they're basically not even worth targeting...

 

[Warnen]

Your game is shit

 

[CuckooBananaNuts]

the thing is, their 'target demographic' - 'woke video game players' - either doesn't, in actuality, even exist, or exists in numbers so miniscule that they're basically not even worth targeting...

Yeah. Someone shared that 17% of gamers are LGBTQIA+ based on a survey from activists (which makes it not some even remotely credible). If that number were actually accurate, either Concord and Dustborn aren't the type of games they play, or those games are so incredibly terrible that even the intended audience avoids them. But I’m with you ... it's likely just miniscule. The LGBTQIA+ community seems more interested in making a bunch of noise about modern games than actually buying them. Their loudness gives the illusion that they're a larger group of gamers than they are. And none of their screaming and whining has gotten any games canceled.

Companies are learning the hard way that catering to your largest demographic is how business works (that's how businesses have always worked), not pandering to a vocal minority.

 

[proandrad]

what's dustborn

Oh god, I just found out what dustborn is. Game has to be a troll.

 

[CuckooBananaNuts]

Oh god, I just found out what dustborn is.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

Spread hate, then decry hate.

Champion inclusivity, then expel those with "wrong think" to create echo chamber.

Look for any opportunity to play victim.

Well done! They are following the playbook perfectly.

 

[grvg]

It's a shame that this was the byproduct of the guy that brought us the longest journey and the secret world. I had a good bit of respect for the dude until this.

What a clown.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

This shitty game, I saw a few fragments of it on YouTube...

They just spend it talking and complaining...

The characters are not at all charismatic, there is no action at all. And the action it has is generic. .

This game sucks.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

This is like their last ditch attempt at any kind of publicity. Accuse people of hate speech and maybe they'll get a few more people to play their trash game.

You just know they were desperately hoping the shit-tier gaming sites would run some “the toxic alt right trolls are review bombing Dustborn” clickbait bullshit.

 

[N30RYU]

What players?

They/them

Spoiler

it's actually just one with fucked pronouns

 

[Nydius]

Nothing says "I value free speech and the opinions of others who may not like our game" like blocking replies so no one can respond. Typical of the woke DEI crowd. Any criticism of their work equals "hate speech". Dustborn can sit in the dustbin of history along with Concord and every other agenda-first, gameplay-second game.

 

[Kamina]

80 something people bought their game and they actually believe it is a good idea to berate and insult their target audience?
How far gone some of these clowns are is blowing my mind.

 

[Silver Wattle]

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

They just want empty npc's like that other community...

 

[Dr.Morris79]

The irony is too much and one of the reasons I feel we're being played fools.

No one in their right mind designs, makes, play tests and gets the green light to release such an abomination against common sense. It's too on the nose

I don't buy it.

 

[JohnnyPhats]

The whole “you are a racist” clip lmfao. It’s like this dream scenario these cucks rub their balls dreaming about.

YEAH!!!! You tell that white man, sister!!! POWERFUL.

LOL

 

[LordCBH]

There’s so little people in their community that they could have just DM’d all of them.

 

[Timberwolf25]

There’s so little people in their community that they could have just DM’d all of them.

Truth, but Drama Queens always got to put their shit out to get max attention!

 

[Robot Carnival]

wait, so are those "Bully", "Cancel" screenshots real or fake? not that it really make much of a difference, but the fact that I'm honestly still not sure at this point is pretty hilarious. at least to me.

 

[delfrickintree]

I personally cancelled whatever show this was. Youre welcome lads!

 

[Timberwolf25]

I personally cancelled whatever show this was. Youre welcome lads!

It's the typical start for the people that do content for "modern audiences" when it flops

 

[BouncyFrag]

Watching the sickness ideology crumble and fail time and time again is a privilege.

 

[Plague Doctor]

I can't think of a single time when a dev blamed the audience for a failing game that actually turned things around. If anything, it made the stigma worse for the game and their studio.

I guess this must be therapy for them. Time to get another government grant on fluff and bullshit to keep the lights on.

 

[lmimmfn]

These extreme leftists can fuck off with their hateful game.

 

[Humdinger]

The irony is too much and one of the reasons I feel we're being played fools.

It's not irony; it's hypocrisy and lack of self-awareness. Those are standard features of the woke.

No one in their right mind designs, makes, play tests and gets the green light to release such an abomination against common sense. It's too on the nose

I don't buy it.

Dustborn isn't your normal game. It didn't go through a standard process where it had normal questions asked of it (e.g., "Will people like this? Will it find a big enough audience to make it a success?"). It is a DEI project, funded by the government. The developers were paid a million+ by the government to produce the game. It is a game consciously intended to promote identity politics, and it was subsidized by the government to do exactly that.

 

[MALpractice311]

Every time I see this image, I say to myself "this has to be a parody or satire, right? Because every bit of this makes the politics they support look horrible. I'm mildly left and I see this shit and I'm stunned that they some how think this is a positive portrayal of left leaning politics.

 

[Zannegan]

I personally cancelled whatever show this was. Youre welcome lads!

If they're that numerous and powerful that they can cancel your show, why not try to, I dunno, serve that audience from time to time?

 

[SF Kosmo]

A crappy Woke game... A boring imitation of Hi-fi rush... Without carisma

I thought it was more like a Life is Strange with some beat em up sequences tossed in, no?

It does feel like a lot of people want to have opinions on this game without seeing or playing much of it. It has a demo.

 

[Dusktildawn48]

"We have zero tolerance for hate speech, but fuck white men." -Dustborn developers (probably)

 

[mitch1971]

So, have they kicked themselves out, too?

 

[Timberwolf25]

I thought it was more like a Life is Strange with some beat em up sequences tossed in, no?

It does feel like a lot of people want to have opinions on this game without seeing or playing much of it. It has a demo.

I think the screenshots/clips I've seen of this game speak for themselves.
I'm not wasting my unlimited bandwith or storage space to try the demo.

 

[Portugeezer]

Wait, why are people taking this game seriously?

This game has to be satire... I'm not even gonna look it up.

 

[Barakov]

I personally cancelled whatever show this was. Youre welcome lads!

You're doing the lord's work out here.